Dust screen mandatory at construction sites in Nashik
The air pollution monitoring committee headed by municipal commissioner Radhakrishna Game has decided to make dust screens mandatory for all builders and construction-site operators across the city. Moreover, sprinkling of water at construction sites to suppress the dust has also been made compulsory. The committee has also asked the NMC to build traffic islands in the city with concept of vertical gardens and water fountains to suppress dust. These projects are to be carried out under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. This committee — comprising officials from agencies like Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), RTO and traffic police — has been formed by the NMC to reduce dust emissions from such sites. The union environment ministry has identified Nashik as one of the 100 non-attainment cities where air pollution is above normal. Following this, the civic body has prepared an action plan to tackle this problem and the plan was recently approved by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB.) “Dust is generated mostly at construction sites. Considering this, it has been made mandatory for builders to install dust screens at constructions sites. Moreover, they will have to use water at the constructions sites to suppress the dust,” an NMC official said.
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